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Startup, Jolla, gets a gift from Nokia – MeeGo patents

Startup, Jolla, gets a gift from Nokia – MeeGo patents

Posted: 10 Jul 2012, 05:45, by Charlene S.

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Startup, Jolla, gets a gift from Nokia – MeeGo patents

Earlier in the month we saw the MeeGo team leave Nokia. Shortly thereafter, the crew seemed to assemble together in the form of a new startup company called Jolla.

Apparently they left with Nokia’s blessing. In what could be called quite a remarkable house-warming gift, Nokia has gifted a handful of its MeeGo patents to Jolla so they can get their company off the ground and continue developing the platform that they are so intimately familiar with.

There is no further detail on exactly which patents where transferred, but it was probably a chuck of the patents related to projects the team worked on while it was at Nokia. Jolla founder, Jussi Hurmola, said the two companies have a “good and open relationship.”

That relationship is the product of Nokia’s Bridge project. The company described the project by saying, “Nokia will offer training, funding, and help identify business opportunities and partnerships for those interested in starting a new business or a company on their own, which can fuel new growth for impacted communities.”

Jolla hasn’t officially announced any devices yet, but Hurmola said they might launch their first release by the end of 2012.

source: SlashGear

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1. yowanvista posted on 10 Jul 2012, 05:48 4 1

An OS like this is nothing without much 3rd party developer support nor without Quality Apps. Such is the case of Symbian.

3. fongy posted on 10 Jul 2012, 05:56 1 1

amen to that...

9. IamYourFather6657 posted on 10 Jul 2012, 07:09 4 0

actually n9 can run android apps thanks to dalvik port

16. yowanvista posted on 10 Jul 2012, 11:39 1 0

Better run the real thing on your device instead of ripping some of its components off.

18. jackhammeR posted on 10 Jul 2012, 14:28 1 0

you must be andro/ios fanboy.
have you ever tried to search for symbian apps or have you stopped at nokia store??
I profoundly believe that the right answer is the second one.

2. B3BLW29 posted on 10 Jul 2012, 05:52 5 0

Best of luck Jolla hope u'll bring Meego devices to India :).. Would have loved an N9 in India

4. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 10 Jul 2012, 05:59 6 1

Jolla must be able to run Android apps, and they should keep MeeGo interface and build on it.

6. wendygarett (limited) 5 days ago posted on 10 Jul 2012, 06:29 4 0

i heard that meego also linux based is it? If that so nokia should corpopate with google so that meego can taste google play app. And i think google dont mind that cant deliver android os to nokia...

7. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 10 Jul 2012, 06:46 3 0

Yes, all Jolla has to do is using same API as Android. B-c Android is open source Linux and same is Meego so I don't think Google is able to prevent that even if they want.

But my guess is Google will not allow Jolla to access Play store b-c the sales will not be big and Jolla can be a real threat to Android.

5. thebest posted on 10 Jul 2012, 06:00 3 2

i knew it............when i said that nokia will gift them with meego patents, others replied to me saying that nokia will never do that, they were wrong........nokia had to do it, nokia ditched their employees and left them unemployed, so it was nokia's responsibility to give them what they deserved

13. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 10 Jul 2012, 08:59 2 0

The fact is Nokia did not do that, they just help Jolla with an incubator program but keep the patents. Check Engaget for update.

8. haseebzahid posted on 10 Jul 2012, 06:55 4 0

so its actually a nokia child company as nokia signed with MS but they dont want to abandon the meego this good move make another company and give them what they will need to get started i like this approch

10. NateAdam8 posted on 10 Jul 2012, 07:38 2 0

Like to see Meego for sale in the U.S

11. azri05 (unregistered) posted on 10 Jul 2012, 07:55 1 0

That shows us Linux breed is awesome!

14. bayusuputra posted on 10 Jul 2012, 09:47 2 0

Linus Torvalds is a genius..

22. zazori08 posted on 11 Jul 2012, 04:45 1 0

Linus Torvalds is a real genius compared to that s**tty ungraduated b*tch Bill Gates

12. PhansMuneeb posted on 10 Jul 2012, 08:14 7 0

Another reason to love Nokia
Others are Design, Build quality and support BTW

15. steelicon posted on 10 Jul 2012, 10:59 0 0

Update: Looks like something got lost in translation. According to a statement given to SlashGear from Nokia’s Mark Durrant, the company has not given Jolla any patents. ”We’re proud of the support from our Bridge program to start-ups founded by former Nokia people,” Durrant told us, “but we have not gifted Nokia patents to any of them, including Jolla.”

17. haseebzahid posted on 10 Jul 2012, 12:03 1 0

link ?

19. steelicon posted on 10 Jul 2012, 14:35 0 0

http://www.slashgear.com/nokia-gifts-meego-patents-to-jolla-startup-10237812/

20. Jericho posted on 10 Jul 2012, 15:04 1 0

This the back plan. Go rock jolla.

21. pikapowerize (banned) posted on 10 Jul 2012, 19:39 1 0

i really hope jolla will port the android apps to meego!!! it will bew the best! but still i hope the make there own market!

23. AndroidShiz posted on 21 Jul 2012, 23:44 1 0

Sounds like it'll be a Jolla good time indeed.

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